romney is a life long member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints, also known as mormons. his church membership had been seen as a political liability among conservative evangelical christians, a key gop voting bloc, who along with catholics and other protestant churches have long considered mormons not to be christians. the lds church bristles at the term cult saying it is incorrect and derogatory but says, yes, there are big theological differences between their church and others. all the more reason the change in language from graham's organization could mean a big change politically. >> could be an attempt to better communicate what the position is vis-a-vis mormons that we don't see them as branch davidians, we don't see them as some group that is cultic in that sense. >> reporter: dr. richard land runs the public policy center for the southern baptist convention. >> i don't think it says they're accepting them as orthodox christians, but i do think it probably is an attempt to clean up some past language that doesn't communicate effectively in the 21st century. >> r